U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1995-03-03

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.2 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The index had been unchanged in December after advancing 0.7 percent in each of the previous 2 months. The U.S. Export Price Index rose 0.9 percent in January following gains of 0.7 percent in both of the preceding 2 months and 0.6 percent in October. Percent changes in import and export price indexes by End Use category - not seasonally adjusted - Month Non- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1994 January 0.1 -2.1 0.2 0.7 2.5 0.4 February 0.3 5.5 -0.1 0.0 -1.4 0.2 March 0.1 -1.9 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.1 April 0.8 5.3 0.3 0.0 -2.1 0.3 May 0.9 8.4 0.2 0.4 1.4 0.2 June 0.8 5.5 0.3 0.0 -2.2 0.3 July 0.9 5.1 0.5 0.2 -2.2 0.6 August 0.5 -1.1 0.7 0.2 -1.2 0.3 September -0.5